Foreign Aid to Israel vs. Middle Eastern Countries

[Carsten2012b]

It is already a fact that the countries surrounding Israel get more money than Israel, but how much more. That's where I found the U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants Greenbook Excel Spreadsheet from this link: http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/data/detailed.html

The "Foreign Assistance, 1946–2011" link at the bottom is what I used. Please note that I have calculated everything in historical dollars rather than current dollars. The Middle Eastern countries that I have used are Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lybia, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

From my research, between FY1946 and FY2011, Israel got $75,953,690,774 in military aid, while Middle Eastern countries got $127,819,412,225. For economic aid, Israel got $34,164,336,775 while Middle Eastern countries got $127,833,995,143. The total aid, both military and economic, for Israel are $110,118,027,549, while Middle Eastern countries got $255,653,407,368. More than double that of Israel (or 2.32 times more if you want an exact number).

 

[DFF]

There's a difference between the two: the Arabs have oil and Israel doesn't.

Israel is just a take only country, at least the Arabs have provided us with petroleum.

 

[compromise]

There's a difference between the two: the Arabs have oil and Israel doesn't.

Israel is just a take only country, at least the Arabs have provided us with petroleum.

There would be no need for Arab oil if there weren't so many environmental regulations in the US.

 

[KCIndy]

From my research, between FY1746 and FY2011, Israel got $75,953,690,774 in military aid, while Middle Eastern countries got $127,819,412,225.

There's actually a mathematical equation that explains the military aid:

military goods to Israel + military goods to Arab Nations = BIG WIN for U.S. Military contractors.


If peace ever did break out across the Middle East, companies like Raytheon, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin would go broke in short order.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

There's actually a mathematical equation that explains the military aid:

military goods to Israel + military goods to Arab Nations = BIG WIN for U.S. Military contractors.


If peace ever did break out across the Middle East, companies like Raytheon, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin would go broke in short order.

Wow, that is morally very questionable... to by arming both sides of semite tribes by MIC to put food on the table their children in US.

Department of labels need to come up with a label for such war profiteering plots.


Note for OP, South-Asia and Africa are not in Middle East

 

[Carsten2012b]

Note for OP, South-Asia and Africa are not in Middle East

Then perhaps I should restate it as "Islamic Countries" then?

 

[erowe1]

Fiscal year 1746? What?

ETA: Oh, I see it must have been a typo for 1946. Never mind.

 

[ClydeCoulter]

Why do we compare Israel to "All other countries combined" kind of thing instead of on an individual basis?

That's pretty high, almost 1/2 as much as "all other ME + SA + Africa countries combined", what about per capita?